# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zweli-mkhize
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:47:33.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zweli-mkhize"
name: "Zweli Mkhize"
slug: "zweli-mkhize"
description: "Zwelini Lawrence Mkhize is a South African medical doctor and politician who served as the Minister of Health from May 2019 until his resignation on 5 August 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2018 to 2019. Before that, he was the fifth Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 2009 to 2013. He was also the Chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal from 2009 to 2017."
tagline: "South African doctor and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zweli_Mkhize_Willowfontein_and_Muzi_Thusi_School_visit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.956985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B5"
    title: "Звелі Мхізе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweli_Mkhize"
    title: "Zweli Mkhize"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump